I just spent half the day compiling, sorting, spell checking, and putting the Petitions is a layout that makes them easy to read and sort through. The pages are all numbered overall, and each petition is numbered for reference.
There are currently 43 petitions entered into the system.
Chris Huggins is this year's, Troy Truglio.
I have submitted the final layout to Mike Chisek and Tyler for layout approval. As members add new petitions, it is an easy job to add them to the new 119-page document.
I have made the doc using large font sizes (12) for our more mature readers. Of course, when the items are approved they will be converted to a 6 for use in the BCCR

Endurance racing and the NC (third gen) Miata highlight the contingency awards enhancements.
More will be announced later next week with more details about the ChampCar Endurance Series and the Mazda contingency awards program.
In club racing and autocross, many auto manufacturers pay contingency awards, though not all. Of those who do, the philosophy has largely been to pay just the winner or, perhaps, the podium. Manufacturers want wins and podiums to be able to showcase.
Mazda is different. It wants to showcase the talented Mazda racers, but it also rewards many racers who finish deeper in the fields.
“At Mazda, we don’t do things just because they’ve always been done that way,” commented David Cook, Mazda Motorsports’ business development manager. “A core value of ours has been continuous kaizen (continuous improvement). In 2017, we began paying deeper in the fields – often the top five finishing positions. In 2018, we paid a little deeper overall. And starting in 2019, as we refocus our efforts in road racing and autocross, we will offer contingency awards to Mazda racers in three sanctioning bodies for the first time – all endurance racing focused.”
Mazda racers competing in American Endurance Racing (AER), ChampCar, and World Racing League (WRL) are now eligible for contingency awards. For those choosing an MX-5 Miata, Mazda Motorsports has secured a parts rewards program as the primary compensation for these racers. These “parts rewards points” can be used to acquire many Miata racing competition parts from Mazda Motorsports. While points cannot be combined with cash to purchase a given part, the points value range in the hundreds to thousands of dollars in value. The list of Miata competition parts and associated point value will be released later this month. Due to fewer competition parts choices for those Mazda racers who do not compete in a Miata, they will be eligible for the standard “cash” rewards (applied through a rewards card).
“We have been following ChampCar, AER, and WRL for multiple years, and have become very impressed with the level of professionalism and focus on the customer experience each sanctioning body provides,” said Cook. “As Mazda racers are choosing to compete in endurance racing, we will continue to find additional ways to support them.”
While Mazda Motorsports is getting behind select endurance racing sanctioning bodies, the GT3 class, it is also turning its support focus to the NC MX-5 Miata (2006 – 2015; third generation Miata).
“The NC Miata is primed to take off in the club racing market,” commented Cook. “And we are going to give it a big boost.”
As the price of the NC Miata road car has come down over the years and the NC Miata race car have made their way from pro racing into the club racing market, the opportunity to acquire an NC Miata for club racing competition has never been more affordable. Tether this with the ongoing support of the Mazda Motorsports Team Support Programand the emergence of the Spec MX-5 Challenge series, the owner’s value proposition is remarkable. But Mazda Motorsports is not resting there.
After the great success of Spec Miata (the series for the first two generation Miatas), Mazda Motorsports is taking those learnings and greatly enhancing its support of the NC Miata to drive it to become a spec national class in NASA and SCCA competition in the coming years.
“We have been above 50% market share, based on participation, in SCCA club racing for many consecutive years,” added Cook. That allows us competitive advantages in the market place to continue offering a Team Support Program bar none. Our goal is to get to 60%, which would allow us even greater means to support club racers. To do this, we need Spec Miata to continue to flourish, while also gaining new customers in other areas. The NC platform, being a quick, reliable, affordable and fun car that comes with all the support we are known to offer and more, entices other car owners. Our support of Spec Miata and other classes such as GT3 will continue to grow, as evident with our investment and partnership with Penske Racing Shocks and the GT3 Challenge presented by MPI, while we will bolster the support of the NC, in particular.”
While Mazda Motorsports is planning to share more on the NC Miata strategy later this month, part of its strategy can be viewed through its contingency support program. The new parts rewards bonus in endurance racing is just one new offering. NC owners will receive increased contingency awards, including the parts rewards bonus by accruing points in other series such as SCCA Touring 4, NASA ST5, and Spec MX-5 Challenge. These added contingency awards via the parts rewards bonus will help NC Miata and endurance racers continue to maintain top performing race cars by more easily acquiring competition parts from Mazda Motorsports. And according to Cook, contingency enhancements for the NC are going to exist beyond 2019.
As Mazda has nearly doubled the number of Mazda racers who have earned contingency during these last two years, and it continues to invest in racers with older and newer generation cars, one thing should be clear to all in the club racing arena, this is a very good time to be a Mazda racer.
Follow the link below for official Mazda Motorsports links to the required paperwork
https://www.mazdamotorsports.com/2019/01/11/2019-mazda-contingency-awards-program/

Change to the track day test times and price reduction.
Please download the latest v3 of the supplementals. Due to a schedule conflict, the morning session of the open free test day on Friday will be canceled. You will have the track from 1pm until 5pm. No breaks.
No other items change. Those that have been paid in full will receive a refund for $100.
Test and Race now cost $1525
Paddock: Paddock spaces in front of garages are reserved for the team renting that garage. Pit Lane spaces will be assigned. Please contact mike.morrison@champcar.org for pit assignments.
Concessions: Concessions will be open for Breakfast and Lunch on Friday – Sunday.
Fuel on site: Fuel is available onsite with a Credit Card. Located at the Sunoco Station at the South end of the paddock. Unleaded: 91, 96, 100, Leaded: 112, 114, 116
February 16-February 17, 2019SONOMA RACEWAY: Double 7 Enduros, $1625Sonoma, CA"Sonoma Raceway"Early Pay Discount Ends: December 18, 2018Entrant ListDownload Supplemental Rules and Event Info
Sonoma Hotel Information:
Best Western Novato Oaks
215 Alameda del Prada
Novato, CA 94949
415-883-4400
Hotel Website
The ChampCar discount expires February 1st, so if you need a room, give the hotel a call and book your room. This hotel is one of our favorites in the country!
Entries for Sonoma Raceway
updated 2/6/2019
Team Name
Car #
Year
Make
Model
1.
A Few Good Cylinders
7
1999
Mazda
Miata
2.
Arsenic Racing
116
1996
Mazda
Miata
3.
AutoSpec Racing #1
210
1993
Mazda
Miata
4.
AutoSpec Racing #2
160
1993
Mazda
Miata
5.
Bandits
470
1979
Pontiac
Trans Am
6.
Blown My Wad
135
1994
BMW
325 IS
7.
Dasboot Motorsports
190
2016
bmw
m235ir
8.
Dead Pedal Racing
185
1987
Maserati
BiTurbo
9.
Doorslammers
97
1994
Mazda
Miata
10.
Doorslammers
48
1988
Pontiac
Fiero
11.
ives motorsports
9
1991
Mazda
Miata
12.
Marvin the Martian Racing
10
1991
BMW
E30 318IS
13.
Misfits 3
183
1978
Chevrolet
Monza Spyder
14.
Mr. Angry Motorsports
12
1992
mazda
miata
15.
Nine Four Motorsports
840
1992
Lexus
SC300
16.
Nine Four Motorsports
83
1994
Toyota
Supra
17.
ORANGE PUMPKIN
137
1988
BMW
325
18.
The Flyin Hawaiians & 2 White Guys
82
1977
Datsun
280Z
19.
The Gunslingers Raceteam
69
1993
mazda
miata
20.
The Renegades
76
1991
Mazda
Miata
21.
Uncommon Friends Racing
46
1978
Datsun
280Z
22.
Wilwood
119
1999
Mazda
Miata
23.
Zoom Zoom Kaboom
184
1994
Mazda
Miata
We're just a couple of days away from ChampCar's return to Sonoma Raceway. Below are your pit/garage assignments and final event info. Please read carefully!
Supplemental Rules & Schedule - Please make sure you read the supplemental rules and event schedule found here.
Gates - Gates will open for trailer drop from 6PM - 10PM Thursday evening then will reopen at 6AM Friday morning and stay open until 7PM Sunday. Everyone must sign the waiver at the gate.
Paddock - Sonoma Raceway will have a practice Friday morning before our practice. Please be courteous of those you are sharing the paddock with. You may not be able to park outside of your garage until after 1PM. Paddock spaces in front of the garages are reserved for those teams renting a garage after 1PM.
Tech - All cars will need to be tech'd for 2019. Bring all your paperwork filled out and make sure you have read the rules. Swap cars with no paperwork will likely be put in EC. Tech opens at 9AM on Friday. Decals will be handed out at Tech and will be required to pass tech. Decal locations are shown in the BCCR appendix. Please download and READ the 2019 BCCR here as we have had some rule changes. Also make sure you look up your VPI here before you arrive at tech so there are no surprises. Any tech questions please email Jay Mauney here.
Registration - Make sure you tech first, then bring your yellow logbook and tech sheet signed by us directly to registration. Before you arrive, log in and check your driver roster for accuracy. Make any corrections ahead of time. If you are fully paid with the correct drivers, check-in is a 3 minute process. If you are not coming (work issue, car issue, etc), email me to let me know you will not be there.
Novice & New to ChampCar School - 5PM Friday at the Media Center. See map in supps. Garage & Pit Assignments - Pit and garage assignments are found here.
A reminder: read through and print out the Supplemental Rules for this event here.
If you have any questions about registration, please contact Laura O'Rourke here. Any other questions you can contact me here.
We're looking forward to seeing you all at Sonoma Raceway!
The ChampCar Staff

Ill get the cutoff info next week.
Coat is a huge deal. I did this stuff for the University of Virginia for 20 years. It will be cool. But size will be limited.
Meeting with Indy went well today. Got a lot of answers and had just as many questions. I will type all of this up over the weekend when i am in Sonoma and post up the revised supps.
Fyi. Only fuel available will be 93 ethenol free gasoline. If you have issues with that, email me asap.

We're just a couple of days away from ChampCar's return to Sonoma Raceway. Below are your pit/garage assignments and final event info. Please read carefully!
Supplemental Rules & Schedule - Please make sure you read the supplemental rules and event schedule found here.
Gates - Gates will open for trailer drop from 6PM - 10PM Thursday evening then will reopen at 6AM Friday morning and stay open until 7PM Sunday. Everyone must sign the waiver at the gate.
Paddock - Sonoma Raceway will have a practice Friday morning before our practice. Please be courteous of those you are sharing the paddock with. You may not be able to park outside of your garage until after 1PM. Paddock spaces in front of the garages are reserved for those teams renting a garage after 1PM.
Tech - All cars will need to be tech'd for 2019. Bring all your paperwork filled out and make sure you have read the rules. Swap cars with no paperwork will likely be put in EC. Tech opens at 9AM on Friday. Decals will be handed out at Tech and will be required to pass tech. Decal locations are shown in the BCCR appendix. Please download and READ the 2019 BCCR here as we have had some rule changes. Also make sure you look up your VPI here before you arrive at tech so there are no surprises. Any tech questions please email Jay Mauney here.
Registration - Make sure you tech first, then bring your yellow logbook and tech sheet signed by us directly to registration. Before you arrive, log in and check your driver roster for accuracy. Make any corrections ahead of time. If you are fully paid with the correct drivers, check-in is a 3 minute process. If you are not coming (work issue, car issue, etc), email me to let me know you will not be there.
Novice & New to ChampCar School - 5PM Friday at the Media Center. See map in supps. Garage & Pit Assignments - Pit and garage assignments are found here.
A reminder: read through and print out the Supplemental Rules for this event here.
If you have any questions about registration, please contact Laura O'Rourke here. Any other questions you can contact me here.
We're looking forward to seeing you all at Sonoma Raceway!
The ChampCar Staff